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Potamogeton polygonifolius, var. linearis Syme M.S., in Roxburgh- 

 shire — This peculiar long-leaved variety (some of the linear submerged 

 leaves are upwards of two feet in length), recently determined by Dr. 

 Syme, grows plentifully in an old pond near Kelso. * As far as I am 

 aware, Gahvay and Killarney in Ireland are the only other British localities 

 where it has been found hitherto. Dr. Syme says, " It differs from both 

 P. sparganifolius and P. variif alius (the two species which it most 

 resembles) in having the stem unbranched, i.e., there are no side shoots 

 without flowers, and having nothing but submerged leaves, and the 

 peduncles and flowers quite similar to those of ordinary polygonifolius" 

 I may here mention that P. nitens Web. is plentiful in the Tweed in this 

 neighbourhood. It differs somewhat in appearance from the Tay plant,, 

 to judge from a dried specimen belonging to Mr W. B. Boyd, which had 

 been gathered by Mr. J. Sim in the Tay at Perth Bridge, by having the 

 leaves more wavy and broader, and often quite glossy, as if they were 

 varnished. There is a much "drawn" (caused, I believe, by the rapidity 

 of the current) form of P. perfoliatus, growing plentifully in the dam above 

 Selkirk, near Philipshaugh Saw-Mill, which has a general resemblance to- 

 the Tweed form of P. nitens. The following remark about P. nitens is. 

 from the "Students' Flora" — "Foreign specimens (authentically named) 

 approach P. perfoliatm" — Andrew Brotherston, Kelso. 



Ulleriore, a Water- Weed — "Moreover, Moray contains a lake of fresh 

 water denominated Spynie, greatly frequented by swans, in which is a 

 certain uncommon herb with which the swans are greatly allured ; we call 

 it ' the ulleriore ' ; it is moreover of this kind, that when it hath fully 

 established its roots, it spreads itself so widely that, in my memory, it hath 

 extended its basis so far as to have rendered five miles of the lake itself of 

 Spynie, where salmon formerly abounded, altogether shallow." The 

 above is a translation given in the ' ' Agricultural Survey of the Province of 

 Moray, " from the History of Scotland of John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, 

 1578. I do not find any reference to the quotation in Mr. Gordon's 

 " Collectanea for a Flora of Moray " of 1839 (where however Spynie is 

 frequently mentioned), nor is there anything in the list that I can fix upon 

 or suggest as the plant meant. — F. M. Webb, in Journal of Botany. 

 [Can any of our readers throw a light on the subject ? — Ed. Sc. Nati\ 



Correction: — Breadalbane Plants— Sc. Nat. iii. p. 19. — The altitude 

 attained by Pyrola minor on Ben Lawers is 3,300, and not 2,300 as inad- 

 vertently stated. Anthriscus abortiv.us. — I.e., p. 20. — I was wrong in an- 

 nouncing that I had found this, as I have since shown a specimen to Dr. 

 Boswell Syme, who tells me that the variety recorded is not referable to 

 Anthriscus abortivus Jord., which is much more markedly different from 

 A. sylvestris. — F. Buchanan White. 



* P. obtusifolius M, and K. grows in the same pond. 



